What qualities do you look for in a pop star?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Obviously musical/singing ability is required (well, most of the time) but what else?

- Eccentricity?
- Frivolousness?
- Dancing ability?
- Number of white towels in their rider?
- Appearing on Saturday morning kids' telly/Christmas specials?

Phrasing the question slightly differently: What makes you think an artist is 'pop'?

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't think I look for anything specific: it's about working what you've got. Eccentricity, frivolousness, taking oneself seriously/not - all these things can be tremendous or hideous depending on the artist. A couple of things which seem to apply across the board though:

- Comedy is bad, unless the jokes are funny. (The jokes are rarely funny.) If we must have comedy at all, it should be dark comedy and NEVER pratfall comedy.
- Either be totally invested in yr art, or be a robot. None of this lame halfway-house do-I-mean-it-or-not nonsense.
- A certain amount of fuck-you attitude. Being unapologetic as per Frank above. Being able to say "out of my way, peons!" and meaning it. Being a DIVA. This kind of necessitates taking oneself seriously, and expecting everyone else to.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh and yr private/tabloid life should ideally run along the lines perfected by Misses Hilton, Lohan, Richie, Winehouse and Spears.